Pampered By My Fake Boyfriend's Brother
Chapter 149: Isn’t It Just Carrying My Child

Chapter 149: Chapter 149: Isn’t It Just Carrying My Child

"He must be outside. He said he needed to take a call and handle some work matters." An Yin recalled what Bao Cheng mentioned earlier and repeated it.

Jiang Keke simply picked up the fruit platter and placed it on her own lap, sitting side by side with An Yin, grumbling as she hummed, "Every time he disappears, he uses work as an excuse, isn’t he afraid I’ll get tired of hearing it?"

The resentment in Jiang Keke’s words was evident.

"He’s just taking a call, he hasn’t left after all." An Yin defended Bao Cheng.

"Ha... Yinyin, you don’t understand him!"

As she said this, even though Jiang Keke was smiling, An Yin thought her smile was harder to look at than crying.

An Yin didn’t say anything; Bao Cheng was someone she indeed didn’t understand.

Outside the private room.

Shi Qing emerged from another private room, her clothes reeking of strong alcohol. She went straight to the public restroom in the hallway and repeatedly washed her hands with the slightly cool water.

After leaving the restroom, she didn’t go to the front of the private room right away. Instead, she headed to the door at the end of the corridor. Behind the door was a safe passageway, and whenever she felt tired, she would rest there for a while.

She was about to open the door when she heard a man’s voice inside. Shi Qing clutched the door handle tightly, her steps faltering.

There was an echo in the safe passage when someone spoke, so even through the door, Shi Qing could hear the conversation inside clearly.

"Let’s not beat around the bush; just say it, how much do you want?"

"I don’t have that much money on me right now."

"How about this: I’ll take you to the hospital first, and we’ll solve this trouble. Once I gather the money, I’ll give it to you as soon as possible, alright?"

"Don’t push it; it’s just because you’re pregnant with my child, isn’t it?"

"Dong..."

The iron door was hit by something, producing a loud clang.

When Bao Cheng hurriedly hung up the phone and came out of the safe passageway, he cast a stern gaze along the corridor. Besides a few robust attendants, he saw only the waiters standing in front of the private room doors and no one else.

Bao Cheng adjusted his emotions, the anger gradually dissipating from his face. Just as he was about to head toward Jiang Keke’s private room, Shi Qing, who stood in front of the door, tactfully attempted to help open it but was stopped by Bao Cheng.

Through the lenses of her black-framed glasses, her eyes subtly flickered. Shi Qing stood upright, her face revealing no emotion.

Bao Cheng walked over to her, "Did anyone come out from inside just now?"

Shi Qing replied without hesitation, "No."

Bao Cheng didn’t leave. His dark eyes scrutinized Shi Qing repeatedly; his left lip corner curled up as he left a cryptic remark, "Your name is Shi Qing, right?" Jiang Keke had just casually mentioned it before, but Bao Cheng remembered.

Shi Qing was taken aback, not understanding the meaning behind his question, so she simply stayed still, "Yes."

Bao Cheng initially planned to ask something more, but his phone rang again. He frowned, suppressing his inner anger, and after walking a few steps away from the private room, he answered the call.

Within five seconds, Shi Qing saw his figure disappear down the hallway.

Shi Qing stood in place, what she had seen and heard before was just someone else’s private matter to her, she always held a stance of minding her own business in life.

Inside the private room.

An Yin thought the two of them hadn’t sat down to chat in a long time and would have endless topics to discuss. Unexpectedly, from the beginning, Jiang Keke seemed absent-minded. Even though they were talking, Jiang Keke’s eyes constantly glanced toward the door of the private room, as if waiting for someone...

Seeing this, An Yin stopped trying to make casual conversation.

"Why not give him a call?"

Jiang Keke sat listlessly on the sofa, holding a pillow tight in her hands, with her pointy chin resting on it, looking despondent.

"No need to call." Jiang Keke said lightly, not sure if it was to An Yin or to reassure herself.

In An Yin’s heart, Jiang Keke was straightforward—speaking and doing things directly, never good at hiding anything.

Perhaps it was because they hadn’t been living together recently, and even the time spent together had been drastically reduced. An Yin suddenly realized that at this moment, Jiang Keke seemed to have changed.

Become sensitive and uneasy!

It was not hard to see, Jiang Keke’s changes had everything to do with Bao Cheng!

An Yin’s heart also underwent a wave of shock, and she couldn’t help but wonder: can being in love really change a person’s character?

"Yinyin, recently Ah Cheng has suddenly become very busy. He keeps saying he’s busy starting a business, busy raising funds. If I ask a little more, he just becomes impatient and says ’you can’t help anyway.’" Jiang Keke buried her head in the pillow, recounting her worries over this period helplessly. Her despair and helplessness were revealed in every subtle move.

"From the beginning, I knew I was the vulnerable one in this relationship. I thought if I just accommodated him, followed him in everything, we could love each other for a long, long time. But it seems that’s not how it is."

Jiang Keke sat up, her red eyes meeting An Yin’s concerned gaze. Her eyes were empty and lingering.

"Keke!" An Yin didn’t know how to comfort others, as she had no experience in matters of love and didn’t understand the feeling. But from Keke’s description, An Yin could vaguely sense that Jiang Keke was genuinely feeling inferior!

"Don’t worry, it’s just some sudden sentimental thoughts." Jiang Keke forced a weak smile; that sweet face with delicate makeup looked extraordinarily gorgeous and alluring.

An Yin noticed how quickly her expression changed and mumbled, "Keke, if you’re not happy, don’t smile!" Otherwise, her heart would ache.

"Wu wu..." Because of An Yin’s words, Jiang Keke burst into tears in less than a second, turning her head away, hugging An Yin’s slender frame tightly, sobbing softly.

An Yin, initially in a daze, came to her senses and gently patted her back, soothing her while handing over tissues.

"Yinyin, you treat me the best..."

"You can see when I’m unhappy, why can’t Ah Cheng?"

"Or maybe he does see it, but just doesn’t care... wu wu..."

That night, An Yin spent most of her time comforting Jiang Keke. As they left "Night Charm," as Jiang Keke had expected, Bao Cheng had already left, having settled the bill for the night.

Jiang Keke drove An Yin back to school.

In front of T University gates, the two sat in the car. At this time, Jiang Keke’s eyes were evidently swollen from crying, with red circles around her eyes, looking quite comical.

However, neither was in the mood to laugh.

"I’m going down now, you..." An Yin unbuckled her seatbelt, looking at her friend with concern.

"Don’t worry about me, hurry back to the dorm, the Dormitory Aunt will soon close the door." Jiang Keke reminded hoarsely.

"Goodbye." Prompted by Jiang Keke’s reminder, An Yin quickly got out of the car.

Jiang Keke watched her friend’s silhouette, the gloom in her eyes becoming more pronounced!